Improvement in cork-fastening bottle-necks



J. YOUNG.

coRK-FAsT'ENI G BOTTLE-NECK. .'No. 189,007. 1 Patented March 27,1877.

An' V a: whim l Der AMSTERDAM, NEW-YORK# Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 189,007, dated March 27, 1877; application filedSeptember 6, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN YOUNG, of Amsterdam, in the county ofMontgomery and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Cork-Fastening Bottle- Necks, which improvement is fullyset forth in the following specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of theneck of a bottle, showing a section of a cork 'inserted therein, and theindicating-lines a', which lines may be depressions or ribs,substantially as shown, for the purpose of aiding in withdrawing thecork by indicating the' pitch of the grooves inside. Fig. 2 is atransverse sectional elevation on the plane of the line .fr oc in Fig.1, showing the grooves a, and b and enlarged diameter c below thegrooves. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation on the plane of theline x in Fig. 1, showing the general form of the inside of my improvedbottle neck, provided with circumferential grooves b. Fig. 4 is a sideelevation of a cork, B, that has been driven into one of my improvedbottle-necks and removed, showing the ribs a `and b formed on itscylindrical body by the grooves a and b in the bottleneck, (see Fig. 2,)and the expanded portion O. Fig. 5 is a plan of the top of Figs. 1 and2, showing the grooves a.

The object of my invention is to firmly secure the corks into the necksof bottles, more particularly that class of bottles used for bottlingSaratoga, Congress, soda Water, &c., without the use of copper wires,strings, and like appliances for tying and fastening the corks, bysimply driving the corks into place with an india-rubber hammer, or byleverpressure, the friction caused by the grooves, and by the elasticityof the cork lling the same, thereby holding the corks as securely asdesired. f

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willdescribe its construction and operation. f

I construct a bottle, the body of which may be of any desired form,having a neck diminishing gradually in diameter externally from the bodythereof until within about one inch of the top, where the diameterdecreases more vto cross the grooves a. y

About one inch from the top (see Figs. 2

and 3) I enlarge the internal diameter, substantially as shown at o',and continue this enlarged diameter to the body of the bottle. Iconstruct the indicatinglines a of the same 'twist or inclination as thegrooves within, to

guide the hand when withdrawing the cork with a corkscrew.

The operation of my invention is as follows: A bottle provided with myinvention, after being filled with mineral water, or any other liquidthat requires close and secure corking, may be placed upon a suitablereceptacle and the cork taken and placed over the mouth of the bottle inproper position, and by striking the cork with an india-rubber mallet orhammer, or by lever-pressure, it is driven to its place, following thecourse of the grooves running spirally, and by the elasticity of thecork, ribbing the same by filling the grooves, and changing the courseof the cork from the direct line of discharge from the bottle, therebyproducing sufcient friction to resist the pressure of the fluid.

It will be readily understood that my invention differs from otherthreaded-necked bottles, which require the use of a wrench orscrew-driver to turn the cork within the neck of the bottle, as theplane of the thread in such bottle-necks precludes the use of mallets,hammers, or similar percussive force. The grooves b b are necessary tothe more securely holding the cork, as the cork, when driven into theneck of the bottle, swells out, and to a certain extent iills thegrooves b b, and thus prevents the escape of vapor.

It is"evident these grooves may be made of groove or grooves b andgrooves a a a, when the saw-toothed form, concave, or by raised formedsubstantially as and for the` purpose ribs in place of the grooves,without changing speoied. the nature of my invention. i A

What I cla-im as my invention, and desire Witnesses: to secure byLetters Patent, is W. DAVIDSON JONES,

. In n bottle-neck, the combination of the CHARLES P. WINEGAR.

JOHN YOUNG.

